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John Mills Allen

Representative from Mississippi
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1885–1901ID A000134
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LegislationHEADLINE
91%with Dems
of 797 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
91%with Dems
of 797 · both combined
Steepest move
+7 pts
1885 → 1887
still a Democrat

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓188518911897
1899–190056th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
88.2%with Democrats
of 51 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1885 → 1887, +7 pts — while still a Democrat.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Mar 1, 1901H.R. 441No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Mar 1, 1901H.R. 9829No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Mar 1, 1901H.R. 5499No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 5499), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Nay · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Democratic majority
Feb 28, 1901H.R. 5499No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 27, 1901H.R. 13705No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 26, 1901noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Feb 18, 1901H.R. 8917No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Feb 16, 1901H.R. 9829No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 16, 1901H.R. 14018No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 51 contested votes scored in the 56th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

8 Congresses
49th · 188556th · 1899
Democrat · House · MS49th–56th
Term datesexact
Members · Mississippi
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John Mills Allen

Representative from Mississippi
HOUSED1885–19018 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
91.1%with Democrats
of 797 votes · 8.9% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested91%of 797 · combined
Steepest move+7 pts1885→87, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050018851899
1899–1900 · 56th · Democrat · of 51 votes88.2%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityNay
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 51 contested votes scored in the 56th

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

49th · 188556th · 1899
Democrat49th–56th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
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